All of this continues to make my blood boil. And to find out now that Eliza Dushku and Uma Thurman, two actors I've followed throughout their careers, were attacked is simply enraging.

One distinct downside to aging is not just watching the world grow more rotten and fetid around you, but coming to the inescapable realization that it's been this foul all along. And I'm not sure that going into it without any illusions, knowing it's a f*ckin' cesspool from the start, is a good approach either...

Seriously, if 36-year old stunt coordinators, whose job it is to keep a minor safe, attack their 12-year old charges in hotel rooms, throwing their weight on top of them and sexually assaulting them, and can then simply go on with their careers, working on, say for instance, last week's episode of Star Trek: Discovery, as just a random example, what the **** does this say about the industry and the society that shelters them? This is an entire industry based upon recording devices! No one ever tries to get these lousy *****'s on tape? No industry anywhere is subject to greater scrutiny by the public and the press! And yet everyone around these attacks just shuts up and keeps it all under wraps for the good of the studio and the town?

Hopefully, the days of industry-mandated deception and bullying (IMDB) are over... This needs to be talked about every time it's known to occur. That doesn't simply put the onus on the victim. Attackers brag and bluster to associates, and like to celebrate their little victories with friends. Once someone is known to behave in this manner, greater attention to their activities must be paid, and their potential victims need to be told that they can come forward without fear of retaliation should something occur.

It's difficult when the rapists ooze money like hog sweat and can hire former MOSSAD agents to take down and undermine those who would come forward. Their victims need to have a safe venue to tell their stories, and know that attention will be paid.

Of course, should such protections come into being, they will naturally be the next thing corrupted, turned mean and venal, and used against others who will have no defenses available to them. The scum always rises...

The infuriating thing about Tarantino's recklessness is he's a a massive influence on low budget directors. I spent two years in Los Angeles producing indies for a series of goofs who called me a fag for enforcing safety and professionalism if it got in the way of their rad art. The only differences between Tarantino and the guy who got his assistant camera operator killed in GA a few years ago is the scale of production and Thurman's survival.

That's actually the second most infuriating thing. The most infuriating thing is reading the comments from dismissing Thurman, even though they clearly haven't watched the video of her accident embedded in the article.

Friends in high places seem to be the answer to a lot of this,not just in the movie world,we had a well respected MP over here called Cyril Smith, after his death it was revealed he`d been a paedophile and it was an open secret,but he was protected by the establishment and even the police.Then there`s the Jimmy Savile case where the BBC and hospital`s he raised money for turned a blind eye.

I am a school teacher and if I found out a fellow teacher was abusing students, I would report them. I am constantly at a loss why other occupations do not do this as well, as it just makes the entire organization look bad. Good police should report the bad ones. If your coworker has a thing for pre-pubescent children, why on earth would you cover it up? It is not difficult to go anonymous in these situations.

As for the Tarantino stuff, the headlines are putting him and Weinstein in the same footing, when they are obviously not. ("Uma Thurman levels accusations against Weinstein, Tarantino"). I imagine that Tarantino and other directors have asked their male actors to perform dangerous stunts. Completely different situations.

Neil Lindholm wrote: "As for the Tarantino stuff, the headlines are putting him and Weinstein in the same footing, when they are obviously not. ("Uma Thurman levels accusations against Weinstein, Tarantino"). I imagine that Tarantino and other directors have asked their male actors to perform dangerous stunts. Completely different situations. "

Right. Bullied and threatened by Weinstein, she was going to be raped. Bullied and threatened by Tarantino, she was going to be either disabled for life or dead. Completely different outcome.

I've read of Thurman being Tarantino's "muse" for years now, but this takes it all to a new, uncomfortable level (the way he literally pets Thurman on the shoulder, after the crash, is beyond creepy to me).

As a person, Quentin Tarantino always seemed like a quirky oddball, but for me, this definitely starts to color some of his films, in an unfortunate way.

It'll be interesting to see how he responds to all of this. None of this paints him in a positive light, to be sure.

Wasn't Mira Sorvina the girlfriend of Tarantino, in the same time frame as when she got harassed, then blacklisted by Weinstein? And wasn't Rose McGowan the girlfriend of Robert Rodriguez, another Weinstein partner? And Thurman maintained a strained friendship with Tarantino after Kill Bill? With friends like these ...

So I didn't want to derail the thread this comment was made in, so apologies for the crosspost:

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I'm like an abused wife when it comes to Star Wars. I'll swear to never go back after being bitterly disappointed once again, but instantly get googly-eyed when new promises are made.

This has nothing to do with being PC or "looking to be offended". If you can't make the connection between a culture where guys make casual victim-blaming domestic abuse jokes and a culture where women feel they have to stay silent about assault and abuse while continuing to work with their abusers, then you are part of the problem. People keep saying this is a Hollywood problem. It's not. It's an everywhere problem. Hollywood just provides the most media-sensational stories.

I am now convinced that it's a huge problem in Hollywood. I was previously ignorant of this, having been only a spectator to the entertainment industry. But it's also a Liberal jihad that will end up f*cking itself.

It sounds Tarantino smoothed things over with Thurman sometime last week, between her NYT interview and its publication with the video. There's a wide gulf to reconcile between what Tarantino characterizes as a 2-3 year estrangement that ended a decade ago and the ongoing 12-13 year falling out described in Dowd's article.

"While journalists serve an important role in exposing predatory behavior, we are seeing irresponsible choices and an addiction to sensationalism which leads to inconsistent storytelling. The media is a powerful tool not to be taken lightly. Most individuals would be horrified to have their name spotlighted in a major international news story — let alone their photograph. We cannot forget that the media is a fearsome tool which cannot be used indiscriminately or even inadvertently to create further victims."

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